Month: January 2018

The new messaging feature allows the assistant to send text messages (SMS) to a contact saved on the users’ list. The messaging feature has gone live from 31 January on the Alexa devices supporting calling and messaging. According to a report on TechCrunch, when asked to send a message to a friend or a […]

Sweden’s medical regulator says it is continuing to investigate the contraceptive app Natural Cycles over 37 unintended pregnancies, despite claims from Natural Cycles that the company is “all clear” following the investigation. The Medical Products Agency (MPA) says reports that the investigation has closed are incorrect. Natural Cycles, the contraceptive […]

Nearly nine months after it was announced, Apple’s HomePod finally has a launch date. On Tuesday, the tech giant said its new smart speaker will hit stores on Friday, February 9. Pre-orders start this Friday in the U.S., U.K. and Australia. The HomePod was first unveiled last year at Apple’s […]

Two former Google engineers have built a car that’s personalized for delivering your groceries, pizza or dry-cleaning. Nuro, a Mountain View, California, based startup, unveiled an autonomous vehicle Tuesday designed for making local commerce deliveries. The company plans to have several of the vehicles making deliveries on public roads by […]

The White House has released excerpts of the State of the Union Address Trump is set to deliver Tuesday night. Here are some of his remarks, as prepared for delivery: Together, we are building a SAFE, STRONG, and PROUD America. We want every American to know the dignity of a […]

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On Dec. 22, 2017, President Donald Trump signed the Republican tax plan into law. But now your work is just beginning. That is, you’ll be doing your taxes soon, or hiring someone else to do them. And if you’ve hired a tax preparer for years to do your taxes, you […]

President Donald Trump, in his first State of the Union address, claimed credit for fulfilling promises to slash taxes, eliminate regulations, install conservative judges and obliterate the Islamic State group on Tuesday night and extended an “open hand” towards bipartisanship during his second year to achieve immigration reform and infrastructure […]

HMD Global has finally started rolling out the Android Oreo update to its Nokia 5 after weeks of beta testing on the device. HMD Global’s Chief Product Officer Juho Sarvikas has announced on Twitter that the Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 have officially joined the Android Oreo family. He went on to […]

Medical marijuana is now legal in 29 states, with a laundry list of positive uses including pain control and controlling nausea. But according to a new analysis of hospital discharge records, chronic marijuana use could have another side effect: Preventing liver damage in alcoholics. A peer-reviewed paper accepted for publication […]